The Pain-Free Program A Proven Method to Relieve Back, Neck, Shoulder, and Joint Pain

by Carey, Anthony B.

• ISBN13: 9780471687207
• ISBN10: 0471687200
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-09-14
• Publisher: WILEY
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Summary

If you're one of the millions who suffer from chronic back, neck, shoulder, and joint pain, all you can think about is relief. Now, exercise physiologist Anthony Carey presents a breakthrough whole-body approach to pain relief that will help your body function and heal the way it was designed to.

Author Biography

ANTHONY B. CAREY, M.A., C.S.C.S., C.E.S., is the biomechanical consultant for Jazzercise International and is a continuing education provider for the American Council on Exercise, the National Strength and Conditioning Association, the American College of Sports Medicine, and the National Academy of Sports Medicine. He has successfully employed the exercise regimes described in this book for more than a decade through his company, Function First.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments.

Introduction.

Part One: How Our Body Talks to Us.

1. The Path to Pain.

2. A New Perspective.

3. Picture Perfect.

4. Breakdown of the Mechanical Miracle—You!

5. The Physical Laws of Our Bodies.

6. Function First, Everything Else Follows.

7. Form Follows Function.

Part Two: Regaining Control.

8. Form 1 Exercises.

9. Form 2 Exercises.

10. Form 3 Exercises.

11. Form 4 Exercises.

12. Form 5 Exercises.

13. Form 6 Exercises.

14. The “Graduate” Program.

Index.